Russian Timber Journal 04-2024: Interview with Nadezhda Ryazantseva, Analytics Director, Segezha Group; European Union imposes anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Kazakhstan and Turkey; VLP Group purchased all assets of Metsä Group in the Leningrad Region; Sheksna Wood-Based Panels Plant launched a new MDF production line; after a two-month growth, the plywood production in Russia dropped by 6.2% MoM in April; Ilim Group is planning to implement two investment projects in the Irkutsk Region; in Q1 2024, furniture production grew considerably; in Q1 2024, the roundwood export from Russia grew by 14.6%; birch veneer export from the Vologda Region surged by almost one third
Russian Timber Journal 04-2024: Nadezhda Ryazantseva, Analytics Director, Segezha Group: “In Q1 2024, we saw an increase of demand and prices in some locations”; the European Union announced the imposition of anti-dumping duties on Kazakhstan and Turkey of 15.8% birch plywood; VLP Group confirmed purchasing a 100% share of Russian assets previously owned by Metsä Group in the Leningrad Region; Sheksna Wood-Based Panels Plant launched a new MDF production line; the Russian plywood production reached 303,000 m³ in April 2024 (+7.3% YoY, -6.2% MoM); the management team of Ilim Group shared its plans of implementing two new investment projects on production upgrading; according to a quick-look estimate by the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia, the Russian furniture production volume increased in both monetary and physical terms in Q1 2024: by 24% YoY and 27% YoY, respectively; according to Roslesinforg, the volume of roundwood export from Russia surged by 14.6% YoY in Q1 2024, up to 673,000 m³; since the beginning of 2024, producers of birch veneer from the Vologda Region increased the export of this product by 24% YoY, up to 10,100 m³.
Featured Article:
— Interview with Nadezhda Ryazantseva, Analytics Director, Segezha Group;
— European Union imposes anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Kazakhstan and Turkey;
— VLP Group purchased all assets of Metsä Group in the Leningrad Region;
— Sheksna Wood-Based Panels Plant launched a new MDF production line;
— After a two-month growth, the plywood production in Russia dropped by 6.2% MoM in April;
— Ilim Group is planning to implement two investment projects in the Irkutsk Region;
— In Q1 2024, furniture production grew considerably;
— In Q1 2024, the roundwood export from Russia grew by 14.6%;
— Birch veneer export from the Vologda Region surged by almost one third.
Global Timber Markets News:
— U.S. Treasury Dept extends permission for energy-related transactions with Russian banks until November
— Swedish softwood sawlog stocks increase 10% in Q1 2024
— Logging in Finland decreased significantly in April
— China’s sawn timber imports grew in Q1 2024
— Canadian sawn timber production picks up in February
— Interfor announces sawn timber production curtailments
— Vietnam saw an increase in exports of wood and wood products in April
— EU tropical wood imports at record low in Q1 2024
— Brazil’s wood products exports fell 9% in April 2024
— North American lumber prices remain flat on balanced supply and demand
— UPM is closing a newsprint mill and a fine paper machine in Germany
— Mondi invests €200 million in recycled containerboard machine at Duino mill in Italy
— Saica Group acquires majority share of LIC Packaging in Italy
— Canfor Pulp curtails one production line at Northwood facility in Canada
— Metsä Board commits €60 million to upgrade Simpele mill
— Heinzel Group may discontinue operations at Raubling Papier mill in Germany
— US housing starts rebounded in April
— Canada’s housing starts fell 1% in April
— China acts to stabiles real estate market
— In April, housing starts in Japan showed growth for the first time in a long time
— CSIL forecast gradual recovery in European furniture market demand
— EU tropical wood furniture imports continue to slide in Q1 2024
— Germany: the price of pellets decreased slightly in May
— Boise Cascade’s Q1 2024 profits rise 7.7%
— Solid Q1-2024 for Arauco
— Homag Group’s Q1 2024 sales decreased by 14%
— Stora Enso expects higher 2024 adjusted EBIT
— Andritz reports strong results in Q1 2024
— Mercer reports increased revenues in Q1 2024
— Stella-Jones reports Q1 2024 results
— Interfor reports Q1 net loss of CAD 72.9 million
— Lenzing Group reports revenue and earnings growth in Q1 2024
— West Fraser reports Q1 2024 results
Russian News:
— In January – April 2024, Rosleskhoz approved 4 priority investment projects on timber industry development
— In Q1 2024, revenue from use of Russian forests increased by 11%
— Segezha Group opened the navigation season for Segezhsky PPM
— Zheshart PBL commissioned a new veneer peeling line
— Suoyarvsky Forest Travel sawmill will launch a new sawn timber sorting line
— A venue producing woodworking equipment is scheduled to open in the Moscow Region in late 2026
— Deadlines for implementing a project worth 19 billion rubles by L-PAK in the Moscow Region have been set
— Moscow enterprises have increased paper products output by almost five times
— Dobry Karton will finish the construction of a corrugated packaging production plant in Q3 2025
— Permskaya PPC was included in the register of recycling companies
— Karton-Poligraph will invest 15.6 million rubles in increasing capacity
— Kuzbassky Skarabey commissioned new equipment
— Construction of twenty boiler houses running on biofuel continues in the Arkhangelsk Region
— Segezha Group opened a logistics center for wood pellets sales in the Krasnoyarsk Region
— Segezha Group and Technoinvest started producing charcoal at Priangarskiy LPK
— In 2023, Russia increased its furniture import by 21% and reduced the export by 6%
— An industrial park of wooden housing construction is planned in the Arkhangelsk Region
— Timber trading volume at SPIMEX grew by 28.9% in April
— Segezha Group started regular wholesale supplies of tanker plywood to the Asian market
— Segezha Group is starting to export sawn softwood to India
— In January–April 2024, the Krasnoyarsk Region exported 1.2 million m³ of sawn timber
— Segezha Group announces financial results for Q1 2024
— In 2023, L-PAK’s profit increased by more than seven times
— Segezha Group developed a CLT panel with a beveled edge
— Plitwood will start producing NORDECOPLYWOOD laminated plywood
— The volume of production of timber products in January – April 2024
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